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Title: Honey
Rating: G
Category: hurt/comfort, romance
Pairing: Five/Tegan
Word count: 408
Summary: Tegan should have listened to the Doctor. Response to a drabble challenge at the Fivegan comm.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Doctor Who
Author’s note: I know this is supposed to be my first drabble but I went way over, too, lol. Feedback will be greatly appreciated.
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Tegan sneezed and then another followed. She reached over to the table and angrily snatched a piece of tissue out of the tissue box. After giving her nose a hard blow, her head fell back onto two propped pillows.
At that moment, the door swung open and rushing inside was the Doctor carrying a tray with a white bowl and saucer cup.
“Finally!” said Tegan in a raspy, nasal voice. She sat up. “What took you so long?”
“Well,” he began, stopping near the bed. “I wanted to make sure everything was precisely the way you want it. Here’s your chicken noodle soup and tea.” The Doctor placed the food onto the bed tray and sat beside her.
“Did you put lemon and honey in the tea?”
“I put lemon and--,” he faltered and went on to say, “I forgot the honey.”
“You wanted to make sure everything was precisely the way I wanted it?” She told him with a little smile.
The Doctor let out a frustrated sigh. “Tegan, I hope this will be the last cold you get for a very long time.” He irately stood from the chair. “I’ll get the honey.”
When the Doctor had gone, Tegan looked down at the soup and huffed. A few days ago they had visited a planet in the Alpha Centauri system. The Doctor had been there before, knowing the climate, he told her to take a coat because the nights were cold. Since it was hot during the day, Tegan thought she would be alright and they would be back to the TARDIS before night…she was wrong.
“Oh, why didn’t I listen,” she whined.
The Doctor returned with a dispenser. “Here is your honey,” he said and poured some into the tea. Tegan stirred it and then she looked at him sitting next to her. “Do you like honey?”
“I’ve never tried it.”
“Try it.”
The Doctor held the dispenser over his hand and carefully let a drop of honey fall onto his index finger. He tasted it. His eyes widened and a smile swept across his lips. “Sweet!”
Tegan took the dispenser and poured a little onto her finger. When tasting it, some dripped onto her chin. The Doctor took a tissue and gently wiped it off her lips and chin. They dreamily gazed at one another until Tegan broke the silence to say…
“Thank you for taking care of me.”
He smiled. “You’re welcome.”
~End~